Time not ripe for withdrawing AFSPA: Bikram Singh
16 March 2013 7:20 AM IST
The ‘time is not ripe’ for withdrawing the Armed Forces Special Powers Act from the Kashmir Valley, Indian Army chief General Bikram Singh said here Friday. He also noted that the proposed mountain strike corps was in an advanced stage of finalisation.
Referring to the AFSPA as an enabler, Gen. Singh said it should stay. ‘The time is not right at the moment to tamper with the framework,’ he said at the India On Friday conclave, two days after five Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers were killed in a fidayeen attack in Jammu and Kashmir summer capital Srinagar. Referring to the attack, he said it was important ‘to wait and watch’ before taking a decision on AFSPA.
Referring to the AFSPA as an enabler, Gen. Singh said it should stay. ‘The time is not right at the moment to tamper with the framework,’ he said at the India On Friday conclave, two days after five Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers were killed in a fidayeen attack in Jammu and Kashmir summer capital Srinagar. Referring to the attack, he said it was important ‘to wait and watch’ before taking a decision on AFSPA.
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